[olug] [ot] not sure on the details

[Kevin]

That was the Library of Congress, but I don't know why they think they have
any kind of legal standing. Any more than, say, the President would have to
arbitrarily declare that. Not that I'm pointing fingers or anything.

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 17:25, Benjamin Watson <bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Didn't the Supreme Court  allow us to "jailbreak" our iDevices,
> phones, etc legally?  The fact that by doing so, you void your
> warranty, remains the same (which is totally understandable).
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Kevin D. Snodgrass
> <kdsnodgrass at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- On Thu, 12/2/10, Jason Zeisler <superztnt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I agree. I think if I own it I can do
> >> what I want. If they want to maintain
> >> ownership and rent/lease them. Does anyone know what their
> >> legal standing is
> >> on this? If I remember right they tried the same thing with
> >
> > DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).  There is encryption in that box
> and the mod chips bypass that or something.  Since encryption is disabled
> the modder has violated part of the DMCA.  Brought to you by the One World
> Government types that created WIPO.  Read more here:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
> >
> > And here:
> >
> > http://www.eff.org/issues/dmca
> >
> > And here:
> >
> > http://gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm
> >
> > Kevin D. Snodgrass
> >
> >
> >
> >
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